Camp season signals next stage in Clemson recruiting calendar

It’s camp season in Clemson, which has proved to be one of the bigger recruiting events for the Tigers over the years.

Several Tigers on the current roster landed their first offers while on campus for the event, and it marks a homestretch of sorts in today’s recruiting calendar.

Clemson has 10 commits currently for the 2017 cycle, which is ranked eighth overall by 247Sports’ Composite rankings. Last year, the Tiger coaching staff had 12 commitments before the 2015 season started, as well as a couple strong leans in five-star LB Shaq Smith and four-star WR Diondre Overton, and then a flurry of NFL draft jumps opened up the numbers in the class come January.

Seven in Clemson’s double-digit class are rated four-star or higher, which is a percentage only Ohio State (92.3), Alabama (90), Oklahoma (76.9) and Georgia (70) can better or match at the moment.

Rivals released an updated top-100-rating for 2017 prospects this week, where Elite 11 QB Hunter Johnson is No. 4 overall and Roswell (Ga.) DB LeAnthony Williams is No. 98. Williams will compete to move up those rankings in Rivals’ 5-star challenge, alongside Johnson, June 10-11 in the Georgia Dome.